ISLAMABAD -- With the release of successful Parallel Vote Tabulations (PVTs) in six National Assembly (NA) constituencies - NA-26 Bannu (Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, KP), NA-110 Sialkot-I, NA-117 Narowal-III and NA-161 Sahiwal-II (Punjab), and NA-219 Hyderabad-I and NA-223 Tando Allahyar (Sindh) - Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) began publication of the largest PVT effort undertaken anywhere around the world, based on vote counts gathered by more than 41,000 trained and accredited observers in a statistical sample of polling stations in each of 272 NA constituencies.
PVTs provide the expected election result in each constituency "parallel" to the official result calculated by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
PVT's do not reveal other kinds of electoral fraud or irregularities in polling stations.